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temperatures. plus -- escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we'll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with lynda kinkade. >> we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes...

I'm going to show you a healthy alternative. but first, there was this mesmerizing scene, really, in cleveland this week, where ariel castro was sentenced to life in prison, plus 1,000 years for holding three women captive in his basement for a decade. now, before that sentence was read, castro apologized, but he also offered this explanation. >> i'm not a monster. i'm just sick. i have an addiction, just like an alcoholic has an addiction. >> that got some head-shaking, as you might imagine, eyes rolling. and we've heard this before, this idea of sex addiction. it made us wonder, is it real...